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Old 09-04-2011, 04:29 PM
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no worries, the back still sits a little high but put some weight in the back and it drops down pretty good, with full passengers the back looks like its slammed
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Originally Posted by outtamymind
no worries, the back still sits a little high but put some weight in the back and it drops down pretty good, with full passengers the back looks like its slammed
I actually like when it sits a little bit higher I hate sagging in the back
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Old 09-04-2011, 05:40 PM
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ya my springs have been good to me and have held up to my abuse and calgary city street abuse for a few years now, i just want a little bit more lower and a little more stiffer
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Originally Posted by outtamymind
ya my springs have been good to me and have held up to my abuse and calgary city street abuse for a few years now, i just want a little bit more lower and a little more stiffer
Ohh I got you look, into the eibach I heard there decent
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Old 09-04-2011, 05:47 PM
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already got the tenzo type R's, just got to buy them back from my buddy and then they are getting installed.
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Old 09-04-2011, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by outtamymind
already got the tenzo type r's, just got to buy them back from my buddy and then they are getting installed.
oh nice!!
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Old 09-04-2011, 06:13 PM
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ya they were passed from me to him and i'm gonna buy them back. they still haven't been installed in any vehicle lol
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Old 09-04-2011, 06:17 PM
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ya they were passed from me to him and i'm gonna buy them back. they still haven't been installed in any vehicle lol
haha wow so still brand new??
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Old 09-04-2011, 06:21 PM
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so your just going to go with the lowering springs..??
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for now, eventually i will get some coilovers for my car
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Originally Posted by outtamymind
for now, eventually i will get some coilovers for my car
same here i want the Stance coilovers with either the Sportlines or the SSC springs
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Old 09-04-2011, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by cobalt_sport08
same here i want the Stance coilovers with either the Sportlines or the SSC springs
you can only have one of those 3.

steve, we should do our springs together
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Old 09-04-2011, 07:00 PM
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lol maybe, depends on when i do my springs. still got to get them back from mark first
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Old 09-04-2011, 07:01 PM
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i can wait. i just need someone with more knowledge than me when i do them. i know the backs are easy, but the fronts i would probably screw something up
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Old 09-04-2011, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by DiabeticKripple
you can only have one of those 3.

steve, we should do our springs together
ha ok bare with me me here im not entirely street smart about the suspension stuff yet... why??
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coilovers replace your struts and springs and shocks. so its either you have;

1) coilovers
2) front: strut and spring, back: shock and spring

coilovers are better, but also way more expensive
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Originally Posted by DiabeticKripple
coilovers replace your struts and springs and shocks. so its either you have;

1) coilovers
2) front: strut and spring, back: shock and spring

coilovers are better, but also way more expensive
oh wow i think you just made my research on coilover A lot easier. so if i get a coilover i can just take out all the stuff??
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Old 09-04-2011, 07:15 PM
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im pretty sure.
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Old 09-04-2011, 07:18 PM
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ok nvm what i said about the rear shock being replaced, that stays
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Old 09-04-2011, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by DiabeticKripple
ok nvm what i said about the rear shock being replaced, that stays
ok so in the front just coilovers will work and in the back coilovers and shocks??
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Old 09-04-2011, 07:23 PM
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Old 09-04-2011, 07:35 PM
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ok nice!! i just thought that i could upgrade my springs also because they go around the shock?? ...right?? or is that the strut??
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Old 09-04-2011, 07:40 PM
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thats the strut, and thats what you change when you lower your car
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